Card-retainer for card-cases.



L.l W. HUNTER.

CARD RETAINER FOR CARD CASES.-

APPLlcATloN man MAR. 21. 1911.

1.L Patented M 5,1918.

IEWIS W. HUNTER, F IRVINGTON, 'NEW JERSEY.

CARD-.RTAINER FOR CARD-GASES.

Specification of Letters atent.

Application filed March 27, 1917. Serial No. 157,862.

To all who-m zt may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS W. HUNTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of lrvington, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Card-Retainer for Card-Cases, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to card retainers for card cases, such. as shown and described in the Letters Patent of the` United States, No..685,333, granted to Harry J. Hunter, on October 29, 1901.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved card retainer for card cases, arranged to permit convenient adjusting of the retaining members to accommodate visiting or business cards of different width.

In order to accomplish the desired'result, use is made of a card Vretainer having a base plate fastened to the back cover of a card case, the base plate having at one end a transversely extending guideway, and retaining flanges adapted to hold the cards between them and provided with angular arms slidably engaging the said guideway to permit of adjusting the said retaining flanges toward or from each other according to the width of the cards to be held in place, and fastening means for securing said arms in the adjusted position. j

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a card case provided with the improved card retainer and with the card case in open position;

Fig. 2 is aisectional plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side e1evation of the same with the card case in closed position; and

Fig. l is a perspective view of the clamping flange of the card retainer.

The card case illustrated in the drawings l consists preferably of a front cover 10,V a back cover 11 and a Hexible connection 12 connecting the covers with each other, the said parts being preferably made of leather or other suitable material. The card retainer is applied to the back cover 11 and is provided for this purpose with a base plate 15 inserted between the body of the back cover 11 and the facing 16 thereof, as plainly illustrated in Fig. 3, and fromrone end of the base plate 15 extends integrally and'at a right angle a guideway 17 disposed adjacent the flexible cornnectionV 12 and extend ing transversely of the covers 10 and 11. In the guideway 17 are slidably mounted arms 18 and 19 extending at rightangles clamping nut 26 against the outer face ofthe guideway 17 so as to securely fasten the arms 18 and 19 in the guideway after the said arms are adjusted in a transverse direction to move the retaining anges 2O and 21 toward or from each other according to the width of the cards 22 to be accommodated in the card retainer. By reference to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be noticed. that thel guideway 17 is considerably less in length than the width of the covers 10 and 11 to permit of adjusting the retaining flanges and 21 to a considerable extent and without the said flanges moving beyond the sides of the back cover 11 thereby accommodating cards 22 of a width correspondingl to the length of the guideway 17, or cards approximately the width of the covers 10 and 11, or cards of any width intermediate the said two extremes.

YThe lower edges of the retaining flanges 20 and 21 are provided with inwardly extending seats and 31 for the lower-most card 22 to rest on. The flange 20 is the seating flange and is provided at its free end with an inwardly projecting catch 32 normally engaging the adjacent edge of the card or cards held between the flanges 20 and 21. The free end of the other flange 21, which is the pressure flange, is provided with a curved portion 33 the end of which is adapted to bear against the adjacent edges of the cards 22 to hold the latter against accidental displacement. l/Vhen it is desired to remove the uppermost card it is necessary first to swing the edge engaged by the curved portion '33 in an upward direction to allow of pulling the card free from the catch 32. This construction of the flanges 20 and 21 is practically the same as described in the patent above referred to and hence forms no part of the present invention.

It is understood that the user of the card retreated rea. a, taie.

case on partly unscrewing the nut 26' can 'readily adjust the flangesQ()y and- 21 toward or from each other to correspond to the Width of the pile of cards to be accominodated in the card case, and When the desired adjustment has been made and the cardshave been placed in position thentlie opera-V the arrangement described cards-as narrow as.` the-length of the guideivay 17" may be accommodatedy as Well as larger cards up to va Width corresponding approximately to the Width 0f the covers lOiaiid'll.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent Vl. Inconibination, a. card case having a front cover, a back cover. and a flexible con-V neetion connecting the covers with each other,V abase plate attached to the said back coveraiid having a rising guideway extending. transversely adjacent the said ii'exible con-V nection,y side flangesY having angular arms slidingly engaging theV said guideivay to allow of adjusting the said sideV flanges to- Ward or from each other accordin@ to the Width of the cards to be retained Dbetween the-said flanges, and means fastening the said` armsin the-:adjusted'position in the l guideway.

2;' A card retainer for Card Cases, Com' prising a base plate adapted to be attached D to the vcard ease, a 'giiideway rising integrally from one end of the said base plate and extending across the card ease, and card .retaining side flanges provided with angular arms slidingly engaging'the said guideway5 the latterand one ofthel said arms having registering slots and the other arm having a stud extending through the said slots, and a clamping nut'screwing on the said stud to fasten the arms in the adjiisted position in the guideway.

3.- A card retainerforcardcases,l coniprising a base plate adapted tobe attached to the cardl case a yguideway rising-integrally from one end of' the said basefplate I" and extending across the card; caseV card retaining side flanges provided with angular arms slidingly engaginglthe said guideivay,

the said side flanges being of angle? iron shape in cross section,A the bottom members being, adapted'to .support the sides of the cards, and means adjustably4 securing the said arms in the said guideway;

LEWIS?! lV. HUNTER.

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